Emergency Crime Scene and Biohazard Cleanup in Round Lake Heights, IL

Round Lake Heights is a small village in Lake County, Illinois, in Chicago's far northwest suburbs, straddling Avon and Lake Villa townships near its bigger Round Lake neighbors.

Round Lake Heights had a population of 2,622 at the 2020 census, packed into just 0.63 square miles, which makes it one of the more densely settled villages in Lake County at over 4,500 people per square mile.

Round Lake Heights nearly doubled in size in a single decade, jumping from 1,347 residents in 2000 to 2,676 in 2010 - a gain of 98.7% - before easing slightly to 2,622 in 2020.

Round Lake Heights has about 783 households, and it is an unusually family-heavy village: more than half of its households, 52.2%, had children under the age of 18 living in them at the 2020 census.

Round Lake Heights is a young community, with a median age of just 33.7 years at the 2020 census and 28.2% of residents under 18.

Hispanic or Latino residents made up 45.2% of Round Lake Heights' population in 2020, up from 21.4% in 2000, giving the village one of the larger Latino shares in Lake County.

Census Bureau survey estimates counted about 824 households in Round Lake Heights in recent years, with an average household size of about 3.1 people - large by national standards.

Round Lake Heights is home to two schools in its own right: Indian Hill Elementary School and Round Lake Middle School, both on Lotus Drive and both part of Round Lake Community Unit School District 116, while older students attend Round Lake High School.

Round Lake Heights has no rail station of its own, but Pace bus Route 570 links the village to Fox Lake, Grayslake, and other Lake County destinations.